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The Chinese economy will remain the major driver of global growth for the foreseeable future. Fostering innovation and moving to more efficient and less energy-intensive production is key to raising productivity and sustainable growth.

Internationalisation enables Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) to access new knowledge and high level partners. For them, the internationalisation process is a crucial way of strengthening their role in linking their national or regional innovation system with cross-border knowledge…

In Europe, Precision Agriculture (PA) and the integration of digital technology are set to become the most influential trends in the sector, as a growing number of farmers start to adopt digital technologies to run their businesses.

Although China has used the Gregorian calendar since 1912, the Chinese New Year is based on the ancient lunar calendar, which resets on the second new moon after winter solstice, meaning it changes each year.

The 2017 Summer Davos, to be held in the northeast Chinese city of Dalian in the coming summer, will mainly focus on environment and technology issues, according to a senior official with the World Economic Forum (WEF).

China is planning to create more than 13 million jobs in the renewable energy sector by 2020, curb the growth of greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming and reduce the amount of soot that in recent days has…

DRAGON-STAR is funded by FP7, aiming to support the Chinese participation in Horizon 2020, the reciprocity originating from the signed EU-China Scientific Cooperation Agreement, the bilateral cooperation in scientific, technological and industrial research and innovation fields, and the ongoing EU - China Innovation Cooperation Dialogue.

DRAGON-STARPLUS follows its predecessor (DRAGON-STAR), in its important mandate to provide support services to European and Chinese researchers and policy makers, and to offer a flexible platform to facilitate policy discussions between European and Chinese stakeholders. The project has received funding under European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement No645775